Posted in Peak District Places on Jan 21st, 2009
If you enjoy visiting places that offer an old-time atmosphere, you should definitely visit Ashbourne. This town offers shops, historic buildings, medieval street patterns, which is all centered around an outdoor market place. Ashbourne is one of Derbyshire’s finest towns. It is located south in a valley of the Peak District.
Beautiful Ashbourne as it has [...]
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Posted in Peak District Places on Jan 8th, 2009
Birchover in the Peak District is a lovely quaint village to visit, from the outskirts of Stanton moor the village street descends gently, walking along here you will pass some beautiful fine old cottage buildings sheltering under the tree lined ridge. They were built from the pinkish stone collected from Stanton Moore quarries between [...]
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Posted in Peak District Places on Dec 28th, 2008
Peak District holidays can be either on the wild side if you fancy camping and trekking across the Moors and hills or can be much more sophisticated and relaxing if
staying in one of the many Peak District holiday cottages that are scattered across the region.
Chatsworth house is the magnificent focal point of the Chatsworth estate [...]
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Posted in Peak District Places on Dec 26th, 2008
Belper – a corruption of ‘beaurepair or beautiful retreat’ – is an attractive, small market town just eight miles north of Derby, alongside the River Derwent and the main A6.
Situated at the foot of the Peak District, Belper was a very small village, part of the Royal Forest and mainly concerned with making nails, until [...]
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Posted in Peak District Places on Dec 24th, 2008
Derby is known for its place and proximity to beautiful Peak District and gained city status in the year of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee, 1977. The City of Derby lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the County of Derbyshire in the East Midlands area of the UK.
The city has a population of [...]
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